Contreras

Contreras v. Keisler

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249 F. App'x 666
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOctober 2, 2007No. 05-70500California272 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM ***

Adan Balvaneda Contreras, a native and citizen of Mexico, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (“BIA”) order summarily affirming an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) decision denying his application for cancellation of removal. To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252 . Reviewing purely legal issues de novo, see Padilla-Padilla v. Gonzales, 463 F.3d 972, 975 (9th Cir.2006), we dismiss the petition for review in part, grant it in part, and remand.

We lack jurisdiction to review the IJ’s discretionary determination that Balvane-da Contreras failed to show exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to a qualifying relative. See Romero-Torres v. Ashcroft, 327 F.3d 887, 892 (9th Cir.2003). Balvaneda Contreras’ contention that the agency violated his due process rights by disregarding his evidence of hardship does not amount to a colorable constitutional claim. See Martinez-Rosas v. Gonzales, 424 F.3d 926, 930 (9th Cir.2005) (“[Tjradi-tional abuse of discretion challenges recast as alleged due process violations do not constitute colorable constitutional claims that would invoke our jurisdiction.”).

The IJ granted voluntary…

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